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Herbert and Dunster Campaign against Jasper Tudor 1468

1468
Wales
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Wales
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Jasper Tudor
Forces
Jasper with remnant Welsh Lancastrian force
VS
Victor
William Herbert
Forces
Herbert with approximately 10000 Welsh Yorkists
Outcome
Jasper expelled from Wales; Harlech surrendered; Pembroke's power in Wales supreme until his death at Edgcote 1469
The Battle

History & Significance

William Herbert mounted the final campaign against Jasper Tudor's Welsh Lancastrian resistance in 1468, recovering Harlech Castle and driving Jasper into exile. Herbert's campaign used Welsh Yorkist troops extensively and demonstrated that Welsh soldiers could be mobilised for Yorkist service through the right lord.

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